US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gang Activity is False Cover for Mass NYC Arrests
31 Dec 2018
Mass arrests targeting hundreds of young Black and brown New Yorkers are based on false premises and hyped-up evidence, said Robert Gangi, of the Police Reform Organizing Project (
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US War Party Won’t Accept Defeat in Syria
31 Dec 2018
“The real problem” the US confronts in Syria, said Sara Flounders, of the International Action Center, is that “every one of the forces that they have for eight years armed, equipp
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Russiagate: The Scam That Will Not Die
31 Dec 2018
Precisely because the claim of Wikileaks-Russian-Trump “collusion” remains unproven, the Democrats and the corporate media “have to find new ways of whipping up this story,” said BAR editor and sen
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Americans Not Really So “Nice”
24 Dec 2018
”American Niceness” can be deeply anti-social, according to the author of a book by the same name.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Empire on the Ropes
24 Dec 2018
We are witnessing “the beginning of the end of a world order that was hatched after World War Two,” said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
BAP Welcomes Trump Exit from Syria
24 Dec 2018
The Black Alliance for Peace sees the Trump administration’s announced withdrawal of US troops from Syria as “an attempt to realign itself with international law.” The US presence in Syria is “ille
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bolton Threatens to Force Africa to Choose Between the US and China
20 Dec 2018
The Americans wager that they can exercise veto power over African political alignments by force of arms, through AFRICOM’s massive military infiltration of the region.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
19 Dec 2018
Readers engaged us on questions of war, peace, and the ways forward for organized resistance.
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Bolton Speech on Africa: A Case of the Wolf and the Foxes
19 Dec 2018
The Trump administration claims China and Russia are exploiting Africa, but US policy offers nothing but more guns, more bases and more subversion.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: UK and US PSYOP Collusion
19 Dec 2018
Russiagate hysteria is an international conspiracy, with British spooks spreading lies on three continents. Now Black Americans are slandered as “dupes” of Moscow.